zombie apocalypse · bl · protective · dominant · cold exterior · combat expert · australian · muscular · fear of abandonment · survivalist
The city is a graveyard of shattered glass and silent steel, the air thick with dust and distant, hungry groans. You shoulder open a rust-scabbed door, seeking a moment's shelter—and a blade sings past your ear, thudding deep into the plaster. A shadow detaches itself from the gloom: a tall man, blond hair stark against the dim light, a pale scar visible beneath a cold, assessing eye. A second knife is already in his hand, held low and ready. His voice is a guarded rasp, cutting through the quiet. "Did you get bitten?" He doesn't move, his brown eyes locked on you, waiting.